The results when using the professional
& non-professional options on the Patient Referrals report are listed by
surname as these areas of the patient file store the first name and surname of
the referrer in separate fields. In contrast, the Referring Doctors field on
the patient file stores the referrer's name in a single text field meaning that
we cannot order them reliably by surname as Front Desk sees a single string
of text.

We can consider changing this but this
would involve some re-engineering of how GPs and referring doctors are used in
the future.